pure and simple
idiom
: with nothing other than what has been mentioned
—used after a noun or phrase to add emphasis
It was fraud, pure and simple.
The relationship is over, pure and simple.
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No one will use this car in inclement conditions, but rather as a fair-weather machine to be seen and heard in—pure and simple.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2024
Unlike in virtually every other major sporting event, the Olympics are all about patriotism, pure and simple and chilling.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
Their main function is to ruthlessly eliminate any potential sources of opposition or dissent, pure and simple, no questions asked.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2022
Web-site defacements and non-cyber actions are protest, pure and simple.
—Yochai Benkler, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2012
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2024
Unlike in virtually every other major sporting event, the Olympics are all about patriotism, pure and simple and chilling.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
Their main function is to ruthlessly eliminate any potential sources of opposition or dissent, pure and simple, no questions asked.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2022
Web-site defacements and non-cyber actions are protest, pure and simple.
—Yochai Benkler, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2012
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“Pure and simple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pure%20and%20simple. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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